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Series Roundup for December
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Manner of death : a novel
by Robin Cook
When a pathology resident ends up on her table days after helping with a suicide autopsy, NYC chief medical examiner Laurie Montgomery discovers his death is a staged homicide and launches her own investigation which leads her to a fraudulent but highly lucrative cancer diagnostics company—and possibly her own death.
(Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery #14)
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Lost hours : a mystery
by Paige Shelton
When their Alaskan tourist ship rescues a woman claiming to have been kidnapped, Beth Rivers befriends the woman, who reveals she's been in Juneau under witness protection, and teams up with police chief Gril who believes this complicated case is connected to another kidnapping.
(Alaska Wild #5)
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Death in the dark woods
by Annelise Ryan
Odds and Ends bookstore owner and amateur cryptozoologist Morgan Carter travels to Bayfield County, Wisconsin, with her dog, Newt, to investigate a series of Bigfoot sightings, in the second novel of the series following A Death in Door County.
(Monster Hunter Mystery #2)
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The final curtain
by Keigo Higashino
In his latest case, Detective Kaga uncovers a connection between two recent suspicious deaths in Tokyo and the disappearance and death of his own mother 10 years earlier.
(The Kyoichiro Kaga #4)
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The Academy
by David Poyer
Appointed Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Dan Lenson finds himself facing legal jeopardy for his actions during the war while fighting to rescue the Academy itself when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast.
(Dan Lenson #22)
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Lone Oaks Crossing
by Janet Dailey
Determined to save the family farm from foreclosure, Derby-winning horse trainer Jo Beth Ellis reinvents the property as a healing retreat for horses and makes a deal with her handsome neighbor in hopes of winning a trifecta—a champion horse, a happy family and a forever love.
(New Americana #*)
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Dead of Night
by Simon Scarrow
After the SS rules a doctor's mysterious death a suicide, the man's widow and Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke investigate while trying not to run afoul of the Gestapo, in the second novel of the series following Blackout.
(Berlin Wartime Thriller #2)
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